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STRAUS v. DVC WORLDWIDE, INC.

Civil Action No. H-04-4625.

484 F.Supp.2d 620 (2007)

Robert D. STRAUS, Jr., Plaintiff, v. DVC WORLDWIDE, INC., d/b/a DVC, and Smithkline Beecham Corp., d/b/a Glaxosmithkline, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

March 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy J. McClanahan, Philip Blake Berry, McClanahan & Clearman, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff.

Julian Clark Martin, Kelly Hart & Hallman, Houston, TX, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM, OPINION, AND ORDER SETTING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

This case involves a 1989 photograph of the well-known golfer, Arnold Palmer. The plaintiff, Robert Straus, Jr., a professional photographer, took the picture and copyrighted it. He sues DVC Worldwide, Inc. ("DVC") and Glaxosmithkline ("GSK"), alleging that they infringed the copyright by using the photograph — or images substantially similar to it — in...

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